Yahoo News Emmerdale's Emma Atkins hints at Charity's reaction to Mackenzie's betrayal
Note: This article explores the topic of pregnancy loss, which some readers may find upsetting.
Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale star Emma Atkins has hinted at how Charity Dingle will react if she finds out about her partner Mackenzie Boyd's infidelity.
Charity and Mackenzie are currently grieving after learning that Charity's pregnancy was ectopic and therefore not viable. Next week Mackenzie will struggle over how to tell Charity that he'd still like to have a child with her.
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But after Charity reacts badly to the idea of trying for a baby again, the couple have a huge row leading to Mackenzie finding himself in bed with a mystery woman.
Speaking about how Charity would react if she found out Mackenzie had cheated on her, Emma said: "I think in some ways, Charity is well aware that her own world isn't black and white.
"In the past, she's done the same to Vanessa with Mackenzie. So, you know, they're both aware of how fallible they are, and how it's in them to have that mischief quality. But with this, it might be more shocking perhaps, because it was all about the fact that they had this happy accident [the pregnancy] and it went wrong.
"It knitted them together in some ways, so I think for Charity to find out would probably be quite shocking, but she's no fool. She's cheated on people in the past before. So it's kind of her territory.
"But this is the double standards part of my character, which I can't defend. When it's happening to her she reacts very differently!"
As for the couple's future, Emma could see them going the distance but not without a few speed bumps along the way.
"I think Mackenzie and Charity would be great going the distance. I'm sure," Emma said. "There's always hiccups in relationships in soap anyway. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't though, because sometimes the audience go: 'Can we not just watch a couple actually really happy in life, because they do exist?'
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"But then it seems with Charity, she can't help herself. And I think Mackenzie suffers from that. The grass is always greener as well, although currently he's infatuated with Charity and I think his mishap is actually off the back of a really unfortunate miscommunication," Emma continued.
"At that point, Charity is so incandescent with rage about the fact that it's too soon to be talking about trying for a baby again."
However Emma also believes that Charity still holds a candle for an old flame. "I always thought Charity and Vanessa would go the distance," she added. "And I reckon that's yet to be further explored. I don't know, but I think there's unfinished business there."
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